Stories tagged “aliens”
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You want General-Tso's Tofu?
“No, I do not want Chicken Fried Rice! Is my – No, no! I am not placing an order! I’m trying to connect to my mother!” You would think that while on the AirPhone with my mother, through a geographic dislocation, I would get disc...
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We have a problem
I was in the middle of our morning briefing with Mission Control. They had a new list of experiments they wanted us to setup on the micro gravity crystal lab and I was thinking about how it would screw up the normal schedule. Suddenly the communication...
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Cartocommunication
That sense of being investigated pressed in on us again, and this time it was invasive. The intensity of the probing made my head swim, and for a few brief minutes I lost all sense of time and location. The moment passed, and I shook my head to clear m...
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The Rise before the Fall.
There were so many lights. They burned bright within his mind, illuminating every dark and hidden memory. He had called himself Elliot, but Elliot was merely a shadow cast by one of the lights. Elliot was a place to hide- from his pursuers and himself....
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Stonehenge: SOLVED!
I want revenge Because I know the real reason for Stonehenge. Bear with me Cause this one’s a grizzly! Aliens landed upon our planet, Crafted a great calendar out of granite, Then altered mankind’s mind! Making sure it was simpleton By comparis...
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Officer Jones is on the Case
Officer Jones took a deep breath before leaving the patrol car. In her limited time with the Police Department, she had made mistakes. She could not understand the laughter of the other officers, the anger of superiors, or the presumption that she woul...
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People are Strange
Ed was driving Jim to work, as usual. Well, not driving at the moment, they were sitting in traffic— for the third time this week, and it was only Wednesday. “You know, Jim, if you were to set your alarm for fifteen minutes earlier, we migh...
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The Eyes
They’re everywhere. They say they’re peaceful, and that they haven’t started moving about in the public, but they’re lying. Look at the eyes, it’s all right there. That’s how I knew it was safe to talk to you. Look at him, for instance. Wai...
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Take Nothing For Granite
“Are you sure you detected life?” the doctor quipped at the science officer. “There’s nothing here but rocks!” It was true. In all directions there were rocks; some more properly called pebbles, others perhaps boulders, an...
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Aliens in the Outfield (OoYG challenge)
My son had a baseball game. I kissed my wife goodbye, saying I would meet her there—she had a meeting. I took my cup of coffee and we got on the road. I should have known it would be a bad day. The ride over was fine except for one thing: I spill...
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Carbon Monoxide All Around!
“So now that we have discovered Earth and its glaborious wonderworkings, how shall we greet them, O Most Sugary Overlord?” Zamboblion hummed. “I would think a Celebratory Mercury Shower to be most appropriate.” “Computing,...
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The Big Squeeze
The laboratory shook yet again. Bookcases lifted from the floor and crashed against the ceiling, spilling journals over the heaving linoleum. Glassware shattered and sprayed. Machine fragments bounced to powder, like seeds on the skin of a beating drum...
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First Contact
The world gasped as the alien spacecraft opened, and the entire planet got its first glimpse at an alien species. It covered itself in slivers of protein, walked on two fleshy tendrils, and breathed a highly corrosive gas. He seemed to manipulate a mac...
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Deep Space Boredom
Out beyond the solar system lies the Deep Space Comm Relay One Station. The stations main purpose was to maintain the communications network. It was staffed by two organics and a robot. The job was simple, push a big red button every 2 hours, hence the...
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A Loss of Vision
“You lost more than just your eye in the war, Captain.” The Ensign, already crossing the line into insubordination, charged forward. “You lost your vision.” The Captain leaned back in her tall chair and turned it to face the vas...
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Field Report
[field report from the datastack of Expedition Leader S’ri-Leun] The dominant language on planet ‘Earth’ is known as English. It is simple enough to master; I have instructed the entire Expedition to learn it. Earthpeople are primitiv...
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First Contact
Mankind’s first contact with aliens was not a ceremonious affair. There were no fanfares, no parades, no celebrations. On the other hand, there were also no ominous ships in the sky or aliens with very dated-looking Ray Guns vaporizing humans wit...
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Agency 51-X
It was the most impressive undertaking the government had ever been part of. In 1997 President Clinton set up an agency with a cool-sounding name to monitor alien traffic going to and from the planet, because he’d just seen “Men In Black...
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Alien FAQ
1. Do aliens really exist? Of course! Shyamalan cast us in Signs, didn’t he? I thought Klarg’s performance, in particular, was spectacular. 2. What’s with the abductions? Oh, man, are they still doing that? Well, back when I was in sc...
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Rule the World With Coffee
“Rogers, how many times must I tell you?” “Apparently several, sir.” “Very well Rogers, let’s go through this again. Remember the South Americans that snuck over the border last week? Well, they had in tow a new spec...
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Like Vampires and Aliens
Star wasn’t a typical girl at all but she came from the white-picket-fence family . Yet, Star wasn’t into so-called normal activities. She strayed away from the sun opting to adopt a near palish color, her hair long and black with a streak ...
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Darwin's Theory
I’m sure a lot of you have heard of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Survival of the fittest and all that crap. For an incredibly long amount of time, we were the epitome of survival. Man kind was the biggest, meanest kid on the block and the ...
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Sleepless Night
Unable to get any sleep, I climbed out of bed to go for a walk in the hope that it would calm the storm of images in my head. I opened my tent, and breathed in a lungful of the fresh night air, and looked over at the man on watch. His head moved side t...
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First Encounters: The Visitor
A corpse fell out of my closet. This is not a metaphor. A human body is lying on the dirty carpet in front of my hall closet. How did it get there? I don’t know. I didn’t put it there and I certainly didn’t kill anybody. Sure, there a...